Police and customs seize live animals, horns and ivory in global wildlife trafficking operation

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PARIS (AP) — Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds, as...

US says Congo and rebel groups agree to a 3-day cease-fire ahead of key...

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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour cease-fire to de-escalate tensions in the country's hard-hit east...

UK leader Sunak is racing to persuade lawmakers to back his Rwanda migration bill...

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LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was trying to cajole recalcitrant lawmakers into supporting his signature immigration policy in a vote on...

Poland’s new prime minister vows to work to keep the world committed to helping...

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, vowed Tuesday that his government will be a stable ally of the United...

A court sets aside the South African president’s recognition of the Zulu king

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country's 15...

A court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in groundbreaking sexual assault case

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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until the victim,...

Poor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A large, long-shot effort is being developed to mobilize money to save Planet Earth.Climate finance experts say trillions...

As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the bustling halls where global climate talks are being held, onetime farmer Joseph Kenson Sakala of Malawi...

Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station's main gate in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at...

War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency

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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s biggest opium producer, according to...